11th Annual U of T Patent Colloquium

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Rosalie Silberman Abella Moot Court Room (J250) or join virtually via Zoom

Event Poster (PDF)

AGENDA

Opening Remarks, 9:00 – 9:10 a.m.

Prof. Simon Stern, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

Chief Justice Paul Crampton, Federal Court of Canada

Panel 1, 9:10–10:40 a.m.

New Patentability Requirements – Where are we from Amazon and Choueifaty?

Moderator: Justice Michael D. Manson, Federal Court of Canada

Kevin Siu, Gilbert’s LLP

Isi Caulder, Bereskin & Parr LLP

Matt Norwood, Ridout & Maybee LLP 

Panel 2, 10:50 a.m.– 12:20 p.m.

AI’s Impact on Patent Law – Can AI Be the Inventor?

Moderator: Emily Kettel, Bennett Jones LLP

Jordana Sanft, Lenczner Slaght LLP

Gervas Wall, Deeth Williams Wall LLP

Brian Chau, Norton Rose Fulbright 

Lunch, 12:20 – 1:40 p.m.

Panel 3, 1:40 - 3:10 p.m.

Where is Canada with the “Inventive Concept”?

Moderator: Justice Russel W. Zinn, Federal Court of Canada

Yoon Kang, Smart & Biggar

Ron Dimock, Gowling WLG

Meghan Dureen, Sprigings

Closing Remarks, 3:10 p.m.

Prof. Simon Stern, Director, Centre for Innovation Law & Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto